Family and Education
b. ?1691, 1st s. of Jeremiah Bubb of Foy, Herefs. by Mary, da. of John Dodington of Dodington, Som. educ. Winchester 1703; Exeter, Oxf. 10 July 1707 aged 16; L. Inn 1711; Grand Tour. m. secretly c. 1725, Katherine Behan, s.p. Took name of Dodington 1717, and; suc. uncle George Dodington, M.P., 1720; cr. Baron Melcombe 6 Apr. 1761.
Offices Held
Envoy to Spain 1715 – 17; clerk of the pells [I] 1720 – d. ld. lt. Som. 1721 – 44; ld. of Treasury 1724 – 40; treasurer of the navy 1744 – 49; P.C. 3 Jan. 1745; treasurer of the chamber to the Prince of Wales 1749 – 51; treasurer of the navy Dec. 1755 – Nov. 1756.
Main residence: Eastbury, Dorset.
Bubb
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Commons 1754-1790
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DODINGTON (formerly BUBB), George (?1691-1762)
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Oxford 1644
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